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Weekly Crop Market Review - August 25, 2006

The next weekly will be published on Friday, September 01, 2006
This information is collected by the Statistics and Data Development Unit

WINNIPEG FUTURES (CDN $/TONNE) as of Aug 25/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -SASK  OCT06     128.00     121.30     125.50      +4.20
        -SASK  DEC06     129.00     126.00     129.00      +4.00
        -SASK  MAR07     134.00        N/A     135.90      +4.50
BARLEY  -LETH  OCT06     127.90     124.10     126.60      +0.00
        -LETH  DEC06     133.90     130.50     132.80      +0.80
        -LETH  MAR07     140.50     139.00     139.90      +0.90
CANOLA  -SASK  NOV06     297.90     290.50     294.50      +2.10
        -SASK  JAN07     307.10     301.60     303.70      +2.20
        -SASK  MAR07     315.80     310.20     310.80      +3.20

U.S. FUTURES (U.S. $/BUSHEL) as of Aug 25/2006
              CONTRACT --------------------WEEKLY----------------
               MONTH       HIGH        LOW      CLOSE     CHANGE
WHEAT   -CBT   SEP06   3.87 1/2   3.58 1/2   3.78 1/2  +0.14
        -CBT   DEC06   4.08       3.78 1/4   3.98 1/4  +0.15
WHEAT   -MINN  SEP06   4.53 1/2   4.36 1/2   4.45      -0.03 1/2
        -MINN  DEC06   4.66       4.47       4.60      +0.01
WHEAT   -KANS  SEP06   4.69 1/2   4.44 1/2   4.59 1/4  +0.05
        -KANS  DEC06   4.85       4.59       4.73      +0.06 1/4
CORN    -CBT   SEP06   2.28 1/4   2.18 1/2   2.25      +0.05 1/4
        -CBT   DEC06   2.44 3/4   2.34 3/4   2.41 3/4  +0.06
OATS    -CBT   SEP06   1.78 1/4   1.74       1.75 1/2  +0.00 1/4
        -CBT   DEC06   1.87 1/2   1.82       1.84 3/4  -0.00 1/4
SOYBEAN -CBT   SEP06   5.55 1/2   5.42       5.43      -0.04
        -CBT   NOV06   5.69 1/2   5.55 3/4   5.57      -0.03 1/2
        -CBT   JAN07   5.82       5.69       5.69 3/4  -0.03
SOYOIL  -CBT   SEP06      25.60      24.78      24.95      +0.03
(¢/lb)  -CBT   OCT06      25.78      24.98      25.20      +0.09
SOYMEAL -CBT   SEP06     162.80     157.90     159.50      +0.20
($/ton) -CBT   OCT06     163.50     158.50     160.10      +0.20

FEEDMILL BIDS on Aug 21/2006 (Different Delivery Points)
                       THIS WEEK         LAST WEEK
WHEAT -LETH           108.00-115.00    108.00-114.00
      -REDDEER         94.00-110.00     84.50-110.00
      -EDMTN           91.90-99.20      88.20-95.50
OATS  -EDMTN           81.10-84.30      90.80-90.80
PEAS - EDMTN          104.70-117.60    110.20-117.60
BARLEY-LETH           106.00-112.00    106.00-111.00
      -MH/BRKS         98.80-107.50     98.80-108.00
      -CALGARY         96.50-101.00     96.50-104.30
      -REDDEER         92.00-102.00     92.00-102.00
      -VERM            82.70-87.30      82.70-87.30
      -EDMTN           82.70-92.00      85.00-92.00
      -PEACE R         82.70-87.30      82.70-87.30
CANOLA CRUSHER on Aug 24/2006
      -Meal (FOB)        121.83           123.60
      -Seed (DEL)        278.73           276.03

ELEVATOR BIDS, RED DEER, on Aug 25/2006 (Delivered)
                        THIS WEEK        LAST WEEK
WHEAT                     93.58            90.31
OATS                      92.46            93.07
BARLEY                    92.14            90.23
RYE                       56.53            56.62
FLAXSEED                    .00              .00
CANOLA                   260.27           261.33

SPECIAL CROP CASH BIDS on Aug 24/2006
                                                    Year Ago
 Basis delivered plant           $/Tonne  $/Bushel  $/Bushel
 PEA GREEN #2 OR BETTER           129.16      3.52      3.43
     FEED                         108.95      2.97      2.88
     LARGE YELLOW #2 OR BETTER    133.75      3.64      3.47
                                              $/Lb      $/Lb
 LENTILS #1 LAIRD                 291.23      0.13      0.14
         #1 ESTON                 307.98      0.14      0.14
 MUSTARD #1 YELLOW                282.96      0.13      0.13
         #1 BROWN                 264.55      0.12      0.13
         #1 ORIENTAL              238.87      0.11      0.13

WORLD AND US CASH MARKETS (CAN $/TONNE) as of Aug 24/2006
                             THIS     LAST    AVG TO   LAST YR     PCT
                             WEEK     WEEK     DATE    AV PRICE    CHG
WHEAT -CWB #1CWRS ST LAW    222.60   229.60   233.75   239.94     -2.6%
      -CWB #1CWRS VANC*       N/A      N/A    251.37   245.65     +2.3%
      -#1DNS GREAT FALLS    171.41   172.37   176.24   170.56     +3.3%
      -#1DNS PORTLAND       215.49   217.53   221.25   216.56     +2.2%
CORN  -#2 CHICAGO            90.95    86.60    93.56    92.56     +1.1%
BARLEY-#2 PORTLAND            N/A      N/A      N/A    131.72     N/A
      -#2FD GREAT FALLS      73.46    74.23    74.15    78.26     -5.2%
      -#2 STOCKTON          154.88   156.50   150.45   147.09     +2.3%
SOYBNS-#1 ILLINOIS          220.58   221.65   224.61   245.42     -8.5%
EXCH RATE Aug 24/2006: US$ in CANADA$ 1.1107  CANADA$ IN US$ 0.9003
* #1CWRS VANCOUVER 13.5% PROTEIN

CANADIAN EXPORTS AND CANOLA CRUSH ('000 TONNES) as of Aug 20/2006
                    WEEK*  CROP YR   LAST YR       PCT    YR END
COMMODITY            # 3   TO DATE   TO DATE       CHG  FORECAST
 WHEAT(EXC DUR)    274.3     774.9     447.3    +73.2%    +25.0%
 DURUM              43.6     207.8     161.5    +28.7%     -9.2%
 BARLEY               .1       8.2     138.6    -94.1%    -54.5%
 OATS               50.6     127.6      40.7   +213.5%     N/A
 PEAS               N/A        5.3     165.0    -96.8%    -34.8%
 FLAXSEED             .7      16.9       1.2  +1308.3%    +17.0%
 CANOLA-EXPORTS    145.4     252.9     227.6    +11.1%    -16.7%
 CANOLA-CRUSH       63.5     175.7     175.2     +0.3%     N/A
U.S. EXPORTS ('000 TONNES) as of Aug 17/2006
 WHEAT             371.5   4,678.2   5,415.7    -13.6%    -10.8%
 BARLEY             N/A        9.4      98.0    -90.4%    -25.9%
 CORN             1181.5  50,091.4  42,167.7    +18.8%    +15.5%
 SOYBEANS          336.3  24,726.1  28,926.9    -14.5%    -15.2%
NOPA SOYBEAN Month Ending: Jun 30/2006
 SOYBEAN CRUSH    3574.1  37,675.8  37,021.6     +1.8%     +1.7%
* From Canadian Grain Commission Calendar

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